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Faster Feeds Using FeedTree Peer-To-Peer
dsandler writes "Researchers at Rice University have just released version
0.7 of FeedTree, a peer-to-peer
system for distributing Web feeds faster. Instead of polling feeds
independently, FeedTree users cooperate to share news updates
using multicast in Pastry, a scalable p2p
overlay network. FeedTree reduces the update delay for existing RSS and Atom
feeds to a few minutes without putting extra stress on the webserver (anyone
who's ever been temporarily banned by Slashdot's RSS feed knows this is a real
concern). Feed publishers can also choose to push digitally signed updates
for immediate, tamper-proof delivery to subscribers. The client software (download) runs on Linux, OS
X, and Windows, and works with any desktop feed reader."
I wonder if we'll be sued for downloading copyrighted newsfeeds.
Why is it that when you believe something it's an opinion, but when I believe something it's a manifesto?
MMMmmmmmm, Pastry.
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Now how do we get a plugin for something like this mass installed into browsers like that of flash, so that a web app like google reader (but independently developed, maybe specialized to other things) can take advantage of this idea?
"We" get this as soon as you 1) write it for all known platforms that people use for the web 2) integrate it into all of the known browsers for all known platforms.
I see zero need for a plugin where a standalone app can do the same thing without destroying my web experience in the process.
Remember the mid-late 90s when everybody and their mother wanted you to install a new plugin that did not work properly to view their website?
Do we want to ruin the web again with untested and proprietary extensions like plugins?
Personally, I'm much happier now that I can use one web browser to browse the web. I get a little grumpy when I go to a website that tells me my computer is not good enough for their lack of web programming abilities.
Lets stick to standards, or I'll come flying at you in the USofA at 100mph in the left lane because I feel as though that is the "better" lane to drive in. After all, that is what they use in Japan and England right?
Try saying that headline 5 times fast!
You never expect irony, do you?
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